PIRLS provides trends and international comparisons of fourth grade students’ reading achievement and students’ competencies in relation to goals and standards for reading education. In addition to reading assessment, the PIRLS school, teacher, student and home questionnaires gather extensive information about the contextual factors at home and school which are associated with the teaching and learning of reading.
PIRLS 2021 is the fifth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. In 2021, IEA’s PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), well-established as the “de facto” worldwide standard for monitoring reading comprehension achievement, will mark its 20th year. This cycle marks the transition to digital assessment. Approximately half the countries evaluated students using a state-of-the-art digital assessment with engaging and interactive reading assessment materials
PIRLS 2021 offers the PIRLS assessment of literary and informational reading in a digital format, presenting reading passages and items as an engaging and visually attractive experience that motivates students and increases operational efficiency. Edition 2 of this database includes also process data.
Some minor changes have been applied on August 17, 2023 to edition 1. Some minor changes have been applied on October 3, 2023 to edition 1.Edition 2:Differences to the former IDB:
Non-Response Indicators were added to the ASA files: These are variables indicating whether students had missing achievement item responses (Omitted or Not Reached) for subgroups of items according to item type and PIRLS reading subdomain.
ASP files were added: The PIRLS 2021 student process data files contain variables associated with students’ navigation in the digital PIRLS 2021 assessment. The PIRLS 2021 process data files include three types of process variables associated with the achievement items: Total time on item (seconds); Time on first item visit (seconds); Number of item visits (frequency)
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